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...face, figure and elegance made for the movie screen. "Her features were sharply defined, her hair long, dark and straight, and her eyes a vibrant green," writes Bogle of Fredericka Carolyn Washington. "In Harlem society in the 1920s and 1930s, she and her sister, Isabelle, were legendary beauties, hotly pursued and discussed." Washington's light-skinned beauty both enhanced and abridged her showbiz career; but her exotic outsider status pursued her, defined her, wherever she went. Her husband, Lawrence Brown, was a trombonist with Duke Ellington, and in the 30s she would occasionally accompany the orchestra on dates...
...show’s humor, the production has much to recommend itself in terms of production values. At curtain’s rise, the audience is immediately treated to two of the musical’s most surprising treats: the set design and the costumes. The set, with its vibrant colors and meticulously crafted backdrop, is delicious eye candy for the audience. The costumes are also beautifully designed and equip the production with a well-deserved level professionalism...
...spring afternoon in downtown Moscow. Pushkin Square, a major hub of the Russian capital, is as vibrant as ever. Even those who hurry along on urgent errands steal a second to stop and enjoy the sunshine after weeks of rain and snow. But the atmosphere in one corner of the square is more menacing. A crowd of about 80 teenagers is chanting "Kill the U.S.A.!" and raising their arms in the Nazi salute. Zakhar, aged 15, with shaved head and camouflage shirt, is reluctant to talk to a journalist, but makes an exception to explain that the rally...
Furthermore, in the ongoing debate about cloning, partisan politics has no place. Every senator must feel free to vote based on personal convictions, without pressure or fear of political retaliation from either side. Only a vibrant and open debate on the ethics of reproductive cloning, in the Senate and elsewhere across the world, will lend legitimacy to the decisions that are ultimately made...
...light of the success of films such as Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge!, flamboyance, debauchery and decadence have characterized our concept of late nineteenth-century Paris—an impression epitomized by Lautrec’s vibrant prints of that period. Examining Toulouse Lautrec’s lesser-known portraits, however, sheds new light on the essence of the individuals who constitute that world...